Supporting device for clothes-hangers.



ELT. V. EEEEY. SUPPORTING DEVICE EOE CLOTHES RANGERS.

A PPLIGATI'OEILED JUNEzz, 1910.

Patented June 20, 1911.

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TV. PERRY, OF ST. IJOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 P. C. MURPHY TRUNK COMPANY, 0F ST.A LOUIS, MISSOURI, A.' CORPORATION OFMISSOURI.

lSUPPORTING' DEVICE FOR CLOTHES-RANGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. I )gmhentd Jun@ 21), 191i Application filed .Tune 22, 1910. Serial lilo. 568,353.

"To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that l, 'HENRY T. V. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sup orting Devices for Clothes-Hangers, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable othersslrilled in the art to which' it appertains to make and'use the saine.

This invention relates to devices that are used in wardrobes for supporting clothes.

One object of my invention is to provide a clothes hanger supporting device that can be extended. a greater' distance than the devices which have heretofore been in' use and which is so designed that the clothes on the hangers will be pressed or packed tightly when the wardrobe is closed.

Another` object is to provide a Vclothes hanger supporting device for wardrobe trunks which is strong and compact and capable of supporting a large number of clothes hangers.

@ther objects and desirable features.. of my invention will be hereinafter pointed out.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of a' wardrobe trunk equipped with a clothes hanger supporting device constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. Q

-is a top plan view of a portion of said device; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on approximately the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail View, partly in section, of one of the extensible rods which acts as a support` for the hangers; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form lof my invention. i

Briefly stated, my invention consists in an extensible frame mounted on guides or tracks carried by the wardrobe and adapted to be pulled out of the wardrobes. certain distancdand means on said extensible frame for supporting a plurality of clothes hangers..

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings which illustrates the preferred form of my invention, A designates an extensible frame which is slidingly mounted in guides l carried. by the side walls of a wardrobe trunk ll and arranged in such a manner that they can be pulled out of the trunk a certain distance so that the frame A will lie entirely outside of the'trunlr. The guides l are substantially.

S-shaped in cross section so as to form independent Channelsliaped tracks or guide-4 ways which receive rollers '2 connected to. the side walls of the trunk and rollers 3 connected to the frame A. Suitable stops el and 5 are arranged at the inner and Aouter ends of said guides, respectivel for limiting the outward movement of the guides and-the outward movement of the extensible .frame A, as shown clearly in Fig. l, and the .3 are connected and a movable portion 8 which consists of a straight bar that extends across the open end of said Usliaped portion 7, and means for vconnecting said .Ll-shaped portion and *movable portion together in such a manner that the portion 8 can be extended or moved outwardly into the position shown in Fig. l and thus increasel the size of the frame. In the preferred form of my invention, as shown in Fig. l, the movable p iiit 8 of the frame is provided with arms or guide rods 9 that pass inwardly. through intuined lugs l() on the U-shaped part 7 of lthe frame, and said rods 9 are provided at their inner ends with stops l1 which cooperate with the lugs lO to limi't the outward movement of the part 8 of the frame. The supports on the frame A. on which the clothes hangers. rest or from which thc clothes hangers are suspended, are extensible and consist of rods l2 which project 'forwardly from the cross-piece of the U-shaped port-ion 7 of theframe and tubular-shaped sleeves or tubes 1.3 telescoped over the rods l2 and projecting inwardly from the movable part 8 of the frame, the inner ends of the sleeves 13 being tapered at 13a, as shown in Fig. ll, so as to permit the hooks of the coat hangers C to ride upwardly from the rods l2 onto said sleeves. The U-shaped part 7 of the frame A preferably consists of a flat bar or strip of metal bent into the shape shown in Fig. 1, and the movableA part 8 of the frame consists of a flat bar or strip of metal. u

Instead of connect-ing the parts 7 and 8 of the frame A in the manner shown in Fig. I can provide the movable part 8 ofthe frame with inwardly projecting arms 8a vwhich embrace the sides of thc U-shaped part T of the frame and 'form slots 14 in the sides of the U-shaped part 7 to receive stops l5 on. the arms 821, said stops coperating with the ends of the slots 14 to limit the movement'of the part 8 of the frame.

One advantage of a construction of the character above described is that it will support a greater number of hangers than the devices of this type which have heretofore been in use owing to the fact that the frame A is provided with extensible supports on which the hangers rest or from which the hangers are suspended. Another advantage of such a construction is that the clothes Which are mounted on the hangers will be pressed or packed tightly together when the wardrobe is closed because the inwardv movement of the part 8 of the frame reduces the length of the frame and also shortens the supports on which the hangers rest. The device is compact and as the frame A is made of metal the entire device is very strong and rigid and is admirably adapted for use in wardrobe trunks or any other comparatively small compartments.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent is:

A clothes-hanger-supporting device for wardrobes, comprising a pair of movable guides of approximately S-shape in cross section, rollers on the Walls of the Wardrobe which support said guides, an approximately U-shaped metallic frame arranged horizontally between said guides and provided With rollers which travel on the guides, lugs on the side pieces of said frame, a movable cross-piece extending across the open side of said 'frame and provided with inwardly projecting rods which pass through the lugs on said frame, stops on the inner ends of said rods which engage said lugs and thus limit the `.outward movement of the cross-piece, and telescoping devices connected to said cross-piece and to the rear side of said frame for supporting clothes-hangers.

In testimony whereof l hereunto atlix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this twentieth day of J une 1910.

HENRY T. V. PERRY.

lVitnesses:

WELLS L. CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

